House adjourns on day three as McCarthy’s bid for speaker at a stalemate

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  • 6-01-2023, 09:57
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    INA-  sources

    After the House adjourned Thursday night, McCarthy said progress was being made in his effort to win the speaker's gavel, while adding that he's "not putting any timeline on it."
    "We’re working through it. We’re making progress," McCarthy told reporters, echoing remarks he made after the House adjourned in a deadlock Wednesday evening. McCarthy also brushed aside concerns that he could alienate GOP moderates by offering certain concessions to the far-right Republicans who have been opposing his bid for speaker.
    "The entire conference is going to have to learn how to work together," McCarthy said. "So it's better that we go through this process right now, so we can achieve the things that we want to achieve for the American public."
    Asked whether concessions and multiple failed votes would undercut his power if he wins the speakership, McCarthy said he didn’t believe they would. "It's not how you start; it's how you finish. And if we finish well, we'll be very successful," he said.

    source: nbc